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Welding, A.A.S

COURSE	CR	COMMENTS
Semester 1
COLL 101 ORIENTATION TO COLLEGE	1
MTEC 102 INTRODUCTORY CRAFT SKILLS	2	NCCER Core
WELD 111 BASIC OXYACETYLENE WELDING	3
WELD 171 WELDING THEORY	1
WELD 160 WELDING BLUEPRINT READING	2
MATH 125 TECHNICAL MATHEMATICS	4
ENGL 107 TECHNICAL WRITING	3
TOTAL:	16

COURSE	CR	COMMENTS
Semester 2
WELD 121 BASIC SHIELDED METAL ARC(SMAW)	3	AWS Certificate
WELD 131 BASIC GAS TUNGSTEN ARC (GTAW)	3	AWS Certificate
WELD 133 BASIC FLUX CORE ARC WELD(FCAW)	3	AWS Certificate
WELD 134 BASIC GAS METAL ARC WELD(GMAW)	3	AWS Certificate
WELD 279 WELDING INSPECTION	2
TOTAL:	14

COURSE	CR	COMMENTS
Semester 3
WELD 261 STEEL FABRICATION	3
WELD 221 ADV SHIELDED METAL ARC (SMAW)	3	AWS Certificate
WELD 132 ADV GAS TUNGSTEN ARC (GTAW)	3	AWS Certificate
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY ELECTIVE	4
AESTHETICS, CREATIVITY & APPRECIATION OR HUMAN COMMUNICATION & INTERACTION OR PEOPLE AND THEIR WORLDS	3	CHOOSE 1 OF THE 3 LISTED
TOTAL:	16

COURSE	CR	COMMENTS
Semester 4
AESTHETICS, CREATIVITY & APPRECIATION OR HUMAN COMMUNICATION & INTERACTION OR PEOPLE AND THEIR WORLDS	3	CHOOSE 1 OF THE 3 LISTED, NOT ALREADY TAKEN
WELD 135 ADV GAS METAL ARC WELD (GMAW)	3	AWS Certificate
WELD 136 ADV FLUX CORE ARC WELD (FCAW)	3	AWS Certificate
WELD 291 FABRICATION SHOP	3
WELD 260 WELDING CAPSTONE	2
TOTAL:	14

The Associate of Applied Science in Welding prepares graduates for positions in construction and oil and gas. Some of the skills learned will include hand-welding, flame cutting, hand-soldering, and brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

MILESTONE COURSE:

These courses are the keys to graduation and certification. Courses should be taken in the recommended semesters to stay on time for completion.

CAREER PLANNING:

Plant maintenance jobs, pipeline welders, field and shop welders, mobile welders, and pipe fitters in local fabrication shops make an average wage of $12.90 - $27.33/hour

CAPSTONE COURSE:
The capstone is a semester-long project that must be taken in the graduation semester.

Students should average 15 credit hours per semester, or 30 per year, to graduate on time.

TOTAL DEGREE CREDITS:
60

2022-2023

Foundational Learning Courses (FLCs):

To ensure breadth and depth as students meet these broad education goals, the curriculum focuses on six academic “strands.”

Aesthetics, Creativity, and Appreciation	Human Communication and Interaction	People and Their Worlds	Quantitative Reasoning	Scientific Inquiry	Writing and Rhetoric
ART-101 ART-111 ENGL-131 ENGL-132 ENGL-221 ENGL-222 ENGL-241 ENGL-242 ENGL-257 ENGL-261 ENGL-262 ENGL-285 MUSI-170 THEA-101	COMM-105 COMM-111 COMM-112 COMM-202	ECON-201 ECON-202 GEOG-102 HIST-101 HIST-102 HIST-152 HIST-153 HIST-250 PHIL-111 PHIL-150 PHIL-231 POLS-101 POLS-102 PSYC-101 PSYC-241 SOC-101 SOC-107 SOC-221	MATH-120 MATH-125 MATH-126 MATH-211	ASTR-106 BIOL-101 BIOL-102 BIOL-103 BIOL-104 BIOL-107 BIOL-108 BIOL-109 BIOL-115 BIOL-117 BIOL-171 CHEM-111 CHEM-115 CHEM-116 GEOL-101 GEOL-102 GEOL-103 GEOL-104 GEOL-105 PSCI-101 PSCI-111 PSCI-112 PHYS-101 PHYS-102 PHYS-111	ENGL-101 ENGL-102 ENGL-107

2022-2023

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